title
Biography
Nick Malcolm is an original, exciting and heart-felt improviser. His rich, warm sound and sense of improvisational daring inform each and every musical situation and he plays with a total commitment to the music in the moment, whatever the stylistic context.
His own quartet plays original compositions combining the rhythmic and harmonic complexities of contemporary jazz with the intensity and interaction of free improvisation. They have made a big impression at The Vortex, Manchester Jazz Festival and Ealing Jazz Festival during the summer of 2011 and will be touring nationally in 2012 to coincide with the release of their first album. He also plays in an open trio setting featuring world-class rhythm section of Olie Brice and Mark Sanders with a short tour in Autumn 2011. Nick has also played at the 606 Club, Brecon, Cheltenham, Glastonbury and Oxford festivals, London Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scotts with musicians such as Gail Brand, Chris Batchelor, Alexander Hawkins, Emily Wright and Nostalgia 77.
He has studied with Chris Batchelor, Dave Wickins and Ralph Alessi and teaches jazz trumpet at Wells Cathedral School.
‘Malcolm’s playing becomes magisterial, stripping and deconstructing the bare bones of the tune...’ - Venue Magazine
‘Phenomenal tonal control...’ - Oxford Times
IMAGES BY PETER FAY
Dates
3rd March 2012 : w/ Ed Leaker Big Band
7.30pm, Taunton Arts Centre, Taunton
Ed's Website
11th March 2012 : Nick Malcolm Quartet
8.30pm, The North London Tavern, Kilburn, London, £5
North London Tavern website
12th March 2012 : Olie Brice 'Carracks' Project
8.30pm, The Vortex, Dalston, London, £ 8/7
Vortex Website
13th March 2012 : Nick Malcolm Group
8.30pm, Baker Sreet, Swindon
18th March 2012 : Nick Malcolm Trio feat. Roger Turner & Olie Brice @ Mopomoso
8pm, The Vortex, Dalston, London, £ 8/6
Mopomoso website
22nd March 2012 : Moonlight Saving Time, supporting Tord Gustavson Trio
8.30pm, St Georges Brandon Hill, Bristol
St Georges website
29th March : w/ Katya Gorrie Quartet
9.30pm, The Canteen, Stokes Croft, Bristol
4th April 2012 : Emiy's Wright's Moonlight Saving Time
8pm, The Tree Hotel, Ifley, Oxford Jazz Festival, £ 8/14.95
Oxford Jazz Festival Website
6th April 2012 : w/ Chris Biscoe Quintet
9pm, The Bebop Club, Bristol, £/ 8/7
Bebop Club Listings
JAZZ SERVICES TOUR
7th April 2012 : Nick Malcolm Quartet
1pm, Copa of Oxford, Oxford, Oxford Jazz Festival, £ 8/10
Oxford Jazz Festival Website
21st April 2012 : GBH Big Band
7.30pm, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-On-Avon
11th May 2012 : Moonlight Saving Time
9pm, The Bebop Club, Bristol
Bebop Club Listings
JAZZ SERVICES TOUR
30th May, 2011 : Nick Malcolm Quartet
9pm, The Queen's Head, Monmouth
Queen's Head Listings
JAZZ SERVICES TOUR
31st May 2012 : Nick Malcolm Quartet
8.30pm, The Voicebox, Derby, DE1 1JQ
JAZZ SERVICES TOUR
1st June 2012 : Nick Malcolm Quartet
9pm, The Bebop Club, Bristol
Bebop Club Listings
JAZZ SERVICES TOUR
27th June 2012 : Nick Malcolm Quartet
8.30pm, The Safehouse, Brighton
Safehouse Website
As leader
Nick Malcolm Quartet
NM - Trumpet, Alexander Hawkins - Piano, Olie Brice - Bass, Mark Whitlam - Drums
Nick Malcolm Quintet
NM - Trumpet, Jake McMurchie - Tenor, Dale Hambridge - Piano, Will Harris - Bass, Mark Whitlam - Drums
Nick Malcolm Trio
NM - Trumpet, Olie Brice - Bass, Mark Sanders - Drums
As sideman
Moonlight Saving Time
Emily Wright - Voice, NM - Trumpet, John Hyde - Guitar, Will Harris - Bass, Mark Whitlam - Drums
Gail Brand Sextet
Gail Brand - Trombone, Martin Hathaway - Reeds, NM - Trumpet, Veryon Weston - Piano, Olie Brice - Bass, Mark Sanders - Drums
Mankala
Afrobeat, Latin
Baajo
Highlife, Soukous
William Mbuende Band
Township, Afrofunk, Highlife, Soukous
Resonation Big Band
Contemporary Big Band
Audio
Video
Writing
Below is a link to some writing on various jazz and improvisation related topics....
Improv Slog
Teaching
Coming soon
Links
Coming soon
Contact
Email: nicholasmalcolm1814@googlemail.com
Phone: 07810 652 519